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    Hi all,

    Just interested in opinions.

    IMO this year has been the worst year for the Jets and it is at crisis point. It has made me ponder why I actually threw so much passion into football in the first place.

    What it came down to was reading Johnny Warren's book "Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters" and being drawn into the mission of making our mark on the World stage. However, since the corruption of FIFA became so apparent, I've wondered how important it is to be part of a World Game. Globalisation doesn't seem so important anymore.

    The Jets seem to lurch from one crisis to the next, there is no corporate support, both for corporate boxes or sponsorship. Where is it going?

    I hate rugby league culture, so it made me think of missing piece of professional sport that isn't here in Newcastle, which is AFL. Given the rise of BBL, it is economically feasible for a circular stadium like GWS to be built in the Hunter and supply both summer and winter sport. I know that Hunter people would love access to cricket, and some of the AFL clubs in Newcastle are 130 years old.

    What are people's thoughts on this? I just feel that the FFA and the Jets were handed the golden goose in Newcastle and it has been squandered. Maybe its time to try and attract an option that has nationwide backing from sponsors and commercial television?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    Hi all,

    Just interested in opinions.

    IMO this year has been the worst year for the Jets and it is at crisis point. It has made me ponder why I actually threw so much passion into football in the first place.

    What it came down to was reading Johnny Warren's book "Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters" and being drawn into the mission of making our mark on the World stage. However, since the corruption of FIFA became so apparent, I've wondered how important it is to be part of a World Game. Globalisation doesn't seem so important anymore.

    The Jets seem to lurch from one crisis to the next, there is no corporate support, both for corporate boxes or sponsorship. Where is it going?

    I hate rugby league culture, so it made me think of missing piece of professional sport that isn't here in Newcastle, which is AFL. Given the rise of BBL, it is economically feasible for a circular stadium like GWS to be built in the Hunter and supply both summer and winter sport. I know that Hunter people would love access to cricket, and some of the AFL clubs in Newcastle are 130 years old.

    What are people's thoughts on this? I just feel that the FFA and the Jets were handed the golden goose in Newcastle and it has been squandered. Maybe its time to try and attract an option that has nationwide backing from sponsors and commercial television?
    AFL??? nah you want that stuff go to melbourne
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    Quote Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET View Post
    AFL??? nah you want that stuff go to melbourne
    AFL is clearly national now. I lived in Sydney during the 1990s when Sydney Swans were huge. English friends of mine fell in love with the game. I mostly played soccer in my youth but played a few seasons of Aussie Rules in the local competition. It's not a bad sport. I don't remember ever being taught tactics but clearly at a professional level there is an opportunity to develop playings styles and tactics. It's just harder because, unlike football, there is no offside so teams can't constrain play to a small area of the pitch.

    If there was an AFL team in Newcastle, would you go to a game? Given that the consensus is that the timing of seasons means that the Knights and Jets don't really compete.

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    my thoughts are: if you want to lobby for an AFL team, go to an AFL site. I'd rather concentrate on bagging out the jets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by belchardo View Post
    my thoughts are: if you want to lobby for an AFL team, go to an AFL site. I'd rather concentrate on bagging out the jets.
    Fair enough, but as a (former) Jets fan, I thought there might be some opinions at least. I simply can't see a future for the Jets. As a fan, I've been beating my head against a brick wall for the last 9 seasons. Then it dawned on me. The one thing that I've mocked rugby league and AFL for, the fact that it is not played in many countries, is actually an advantage. They can train a player knowing full well that he can't up an leave for more money overseas. They don't have to worry about a Andrew Hoole making unrealistic demands with threats to go to China. A global marketplace is actually a major disadvantage for a sport.

    The promise of transfer fees in the A-League was just a pipe-dream.

    I always thought that the A-League was the best alternative to thugby league culture, but now it seems like AFL might be the only way forward for our city.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    Fair enough, but as a (former) Jets fan, I thought there might be some opinions at least. I simply can't see a future for the Jets. As a fan, I've been beating my head against a brick wall for the last 9 seasons. Then it dawned on me. The one thing that I've mocked rugby league and AFL for, the fact that it is not played in many countries, is actually an advantage. They can train a player knowing full well that he can't up an leave for more money overseas. They don't have to worry about a Andrew Hoole making unrealistic demands with threats to go to China. A global marketplace is actually a major disadvantage for a sport.

    The promise of transfer fees in the A-League was just a pipe-dream.

    I always thought that the A-League was the best alternative to thugby league culture, but now it seems like AFL might be the only way forward for our city.
    This just shows me you have NFI about football.

    Your plastic attitude is noted
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    Go over and enjoy jumping on the bandwagon of some Tardball team

    Let us know when your new game has a presence outside of this country.

    The reason no one on the planet has adopted this game is because it is shit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    This just shows me you have NFI about football.

    Your plastic attitude is noted
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    Go over and enjoy jumping on the bandwagon of some Tardball team

    Let us know when your new game has a presence outside of this country.

    The reason no one on the planet has adopted this game is because it is shit.

    A point for missing FMD

    Noone has adopted NFL so it must be shit. Noone has adopted baseball so it must be shit. Is that the idea?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    This just shows me you have NFI about football.

    Your plastic attitude is noted
    So tell me, what is going to help the Jets out of the position they are in? The league is becoming very uneven, the club has a new owner but he appears reluctant to splash any cash. We still have no sponsorship or corporate support, the Squadron is dead and ncl will probably be a mess. Good players just leave to play in better leagues, without us getting decent transfer fees. The club can't even translate the massive football community into spectators. Even if you ignore the inept administration of the club, what am I missing about football that convinces you that the Jets have a rosy future?

    Since I have NFI, I assume you have all the answers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    So tell me, what is going to help the Jets out of the position they are in? The league is becoming very uneven, the club has a new owner but he appears reluctant to splash any cash. We still have no sponsorship or corporate support, the Squadron is dead and ncl will probably be a mess. Good players just leave to play in better leagues, without us getting decent transfer fees. The club can't even translate the massive football community into spectators. Even if you ignore the inept administration of the club, what am I missing about football that convinces you that the Jets have a rosy future?

    Since I have NFI, I assume you have all the answers.
    Yes firstly I do have ALL the answers

    Secondly you still have NFI about supporting a football club.
    It ain't about winning it ain't about losing

    You just don't get IT

    There is an IT that has just sailed straight over your plastic Fairweathered head

    Could not give a **** how disorganised the Jets are
    Could not give a **** how uneven the comp is

    I still be there living the dream

    Whilst you can go off chasing your glory completely clueless to anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    Fair enough, but as a (former) Jets fan, I thought there might be some opinions at least. I simply can't see a future for the Jets. As a fan, I've been beating my head against a brick wall for the last 9 seasons. Then it dawned on me. The one thing that I've mocked rugby league and AFL for, the fact that it is not played in many countries, is actually an advantage. They can train a player knowing full well that he can't up an leave for more money overseas. They don't have to worry about a Andrew Hoole making unrealistic demands with threats to go to China. A global marketplace is actually a major disadvantage for a sport.

    The promise of transfer fees in the A-League was just a pipe-dream.

    I always thought that the A-League was the best alternative to thugby league culture, but now it seems like AFL might be the only way forward for our city.
    You are 40 years too late for AFL. The game is structured within an inch of its life these days to the point whereby it's just dead ****ing boring to watch.
    And players can up and leave AFL and they do to become NFL punters. Sure not a lot of opportunities but they do exist - and it's lucrative for those that make the grade.
    AFL Players can also make decent Corner Backs as well and if they happen to have a little speed it's also possible they can become receivers [though unlikely given the speed requirements]

    And the players these days are shit - no personality and boring as bat shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
    You are 40 years too late for AFL. The game is structured within an inch of its life these days to the point whereby it's just dead ****ing boring to watch.
    Afl has just reinvented itself again this year. Formations and slight rule changes. All prof sports are highly engineered & in all facets.

    Not sure how peeps see Afl as boring but each to own. I dont mind watching a bit of afl carn Carlton but I dont want to it overtake football here. All sports* for all but maybe football to somehow be the No1...#pipedream.


    *cept 1, that one supports assholes of the world

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    Seagulls fighting over a hot chip. No thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by evolution View Post
    Seagulls fighting over a hot chip. No thanks!
    As a goalkeeper, I thought you'd have a greater appreciation for AFL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    As a goalkeeper, I thought you'd have a greater appreciation for AFL.
    I appreciate the fitness levels required, no doubting that the players are elite athletes. However watching the game I've never been impressed with their ability to catch a ball. For every "speccy" that's taken there are 20 balls fumbled onto the ground.

    The game itself is chaos, a completely unorganised clusterf*ck. Getting points for missing is also quite laughable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evolution View Post
    The game itself is chaos, a completely unorganised clusterf*ck.
    And watching the Jets play compares favourably with this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jules View Post
    And watching the Jets play compares favourably with this?
    I can't argue with this

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    AFL has been tried in areas other than the southern states - it doesn't work.
    See Gold Coast, GWS, etc.
    It took Brisbane & Sydney decades to get any type of foothold in those cities, some might argue that they haven't been roaring successes either as the crowds really only turn up in the run in to the finals.
    Personally, AFL bores me to tears. And I can't see a game that's only popular in 3 states of one country on the planet expanding beyond that, regardless of ill-conceived games in China.

    Footballs strength is its global reach. The professional game is only 12 years old in Australia, see how long it took the MLS & J-League to establish themselves in the modern era.
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    Quote Originally Posted by furns View Post
    And I can't see a game that's only popular in 3 states of one country on the planet expanding beyond that, regardless of ill-conceived games in China.
    But the point is that you would never want it to expand beyond Australia. My experience following the Jets has made me see how low in the pecking order we are. We fail to attract real stars (the MLS and China has much higher purchasing power than us) and we lose our own valuable players way too quickly. If Aaron Mooy played AFL, he couldn't go anywhere. So you can happily invest in developing your players knowing that they will stay here for their entire career. I'm starting to see the international character of football as a disadvantage to being a supporter of a regional A-League club. It might be an advantage to a player, but not to a supporter.

    I agree that no other football code has a strong foothold across the entire nation. But of the winter sports, which one looks most promising? It's not rugby league. AFL is in every major market except Canberra and the Hunter. It is ranked 4th in the world for average game attendance.

    Football has the same problem with establishing a foothold in the Australian market. And the BBL is expanding its season next year. The move to Summer to avoid clashing with rival football codes is no longer an advantage. I have people in my street whose kids play soccer and they won't go to the Jets but they'll drive to Sydney for the BBL.

    I'm not wishing for the death of the Jets or the A-League, I just don't think that the Jets are ever going to reach the heights they did in the first 3 seasons again. Ever. Con basically wrecked any chance of that. Any revival was reliant on the new owner basically tipping in unlimited funds to rejuvenate the club, but I can't see that happening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by furns View Post
    Footballs strength is its global reach.
    I think it is also it's weakness. Like I said above, I was all caught up in the Johnny Warren mission to say "I told you so" but the corruption at FIFA put a permanent stain on that. What is the point of being part of a global community if it is a corrupt one. We have to live through a world cup going to Qatar!

    Despite this, the idea for an AFL team in Newcastle (which is probably a 10 year project - realistically) and the population of the Hunter is set to head toward 1 million by 2050, has legs simply because it generates the most revenue of any domestic sport and is insulated from the international marketplace.

    The only question for me is whether or not Newcastle and the Hunter would take to it, as we head toward 1 million people. We already have a local league and have produced players that have played in the AFL. It would be interesting to get some games up here and see what type of crowds were generated.

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